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The science side of Irene's local impact

What lies beneath Rt. 73: an old riverbed. Photo: Curt Stager
What lies beneath Rt. 73: an old riverbed. Photo: Curt Stager
(09/02/11) It's shocking to compare the devastation Tropical Storm Irene brought to the eastern side of the Adrondacks with the mildness of the storm's impact on the western slope. What was a pretty rainy, windy day in Paul Smiths or St. Regis falls was disaster in Keene and Upper Jay.

Martha Foley talked with Paul Smith's professor Dr. Curt Stager about the science side of the storm and its local impact.

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